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Beth Rebisz

@brebisz.bsky.social
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Lecturer at UoBristol teaching African history. Research specialisms: Kenyan hist, gender, humanitarianism & COIN. She/Her. Proud collaborator: @museumofbc

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Derek R. Peterson @unseenarchive.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Colleagues will be sorry to hear that historian John Iliffe has this morning passed away in Cambridge at age 87. Iliffe was a maker of the academic field of African history. He took up a post at the University of Dar es Salaam shortly after Tanganyika's independence. 1/
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Jochen Lingelbach @jochenlingelba1.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025
Curfew in Dar after protests at election in #Tanzania www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7124p5…
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Tanzania election: Curfew in Dar es Salaam after protests on polling day
Several people have been injured in demonstrations that saw roads blocked and vehicles set on fire.
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Jochen Lingelbach @jochenlingelba1.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025
New article out! 📝 El Shatt: Memories of a Yugoslav Partisan refugee camp travelling from North Africa to Croatia published #OA in Memory Studies co-authored with Marijana Hameršak (#Zagreb ) We look into the history of a #WW2 #Yugoslav #refugee #camp in […] [Original post on h-net.social]
Screenshot of the article's title page with the abstract; content can be found under the link
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This year one of the great joys of my work has been contributing to the advisory board for a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. And last week the exhibition officially opened!
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Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus
At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
📣 Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. A new exhibition running at the Imperial War Museum between Oct 2025 - March 2026. I was approached last year to join the advisory panel and have been so delighted to see this project come to fruition.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
There is a film screening of Fanon (2024) in Bristol later this weekend. Sat 4 Oct, 8PM–10.30PM The Cube Microplex, Bristol www.brff.org.uk Frantz Fanon’s story — from his early psychiatric work in Algeria to his role in anti-colonial struggle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxaO...
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Fanon (2025) - Trailer (English Subs)
YouTube video by Unifrance
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded, after studying the evidence exhaustively, that the Israeli government and military are committing genocide in Gaza: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Can we shift away from low-quality UUK leadership?
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🔊 A wonderful first part to a three part series from a brilliant former student of mine, Esme Barrell. Glad we at @museumofbc.bsky.social could host this series and we look forward to reading the next installment! museumofbritishcolonialism.org/planting-pow...
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Planting Power: How the British Empire grew from Indigenous Knowledge | MBC
A 1901 New York advertisement for quinine that highlighted the misappropriation of Indigenous knowledge in pharmaceuticals | Credit: AHIP Part […]
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A great summary of Poppy's new article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya theconversation.com/christians-a...
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Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya
The Christian Council of Kenya got involved in a violent colonial effort to rehabilitate independence fighters. It saw this as an opportunity to evangelise.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
2/2 He seems to think Britain colonised countries with the intention of ‘developing’ them. Development policies were a late colonial response to anticolonial nationalists’ critiques of exploitation & had to be self-financed by colonised populations until after WWII.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Well, a) good for them, but b) what the HELL are we doing when a bereaved family has to take a stand against government-sponsored pandering to racism?
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Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects
Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
it’s hard to stress just how important it is for universities to provide tailored support for students for whom english is not a first language, and how counter-productive these proposed redundancies are www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @ucu.org.uk
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University of Bristol jobs at risk amid lower student numbers
The university says the number of applicants to the languages course has fallen in recent years.
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Thomas Larkin @thomaslarkin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This is a fantastic article and such an important project! It sets a high bar for how colonial heritage projects and co-creation should be conducted. MBC also rejects extractive research practices through its efforts to bring research back to the community. Congrats on the pub @brebisz.bsky.social!
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🔊 New Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @memorystudies.bsky.social
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Reconstructing the legacies of colonial detention: Digital heritage, memory, and the Mau Mau Emergency, 1952–1960 - Bethany Rebisz, 2025
This article examines the legacies of colonial detention in Kenya and considers the adaptive digital heritage practices used by the Museum of British Colonialis...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power. Well said.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time theconversation.com/five-things-...
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Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o emerged with a new era in African history and led the charge to decolonise literature and academic thinking.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New publication out for @museumofbc.bsky.social. All credit to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social for spearheading this 🎉
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Museum of British Colonialism @museumofbc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Starting this week, MBC's website will host an online exhibition exploring the afterlives of colonial incarceration sites in Africa.
Poster image displaying an image of Ussher Fort with information on the exhibition below
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🔊New article!! Having first met during our PhDs, this has been a truly wonderful experience getting to put our (looooooooong) conversations into article form! Check out mine and Hannah West's new article in the Journal of Strategic Studies. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Hidden violence and silenced voices: Why have lessons about women in counterinsurgency not endured?
This article offers a feminist critique to unearth the forgotten but extensive involvement of women in counterinsurgency campaigns. Using the colonial case-studies of Malaya and Kenya, this article...
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
📻 Dr Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins BBC #InOurTime to discuss Catherine of Aragon, from her royal upbringing to her open defiance against Henry VIII's attempts to annul their 23-year marriage Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4i4r9O5 @gvb1554.bsky.social
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
💥 Great to see the research of Dr Beth Rebisz (@uobrishistory.bsky.social), Dr Richard Cole (@clahbristol.bsky.social), Prof Ed King & Dr Paul Merchant (HiPLA) feature in the latest Research Frontiers newsletter Read the issue to find out more about our research 👇 bristol.ac.uk/research/imp...
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Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Applications for the MA Black Humanities are open @brisblackhums.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social. You can find more information here: www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr... Come join us! Please share widely!
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MA Black Humanities | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate? www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
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University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students
These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
An ode to a delicious morning. An academic year, full to the brim of teaching, marking, administration. Causing me moments of pure and utter frustration. Only to turn to the paper I'll be presenting in Manchester. And remembering I too, am a researcher.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Bethwell Ogot. A literary giant. A distinguished historian. Historians of Kenya, and Africa more broadly, owe him a huge debt. Rest well Professor.
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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Prof. Bethwell Allan Ogot, one of Kenya’s most distinguished historians and scholars, dies at 95
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A giant has fallen: Renowned scholar Bethwell Ogot dies after a short illness
Professor Bethwell Ogot, one of Kenya’s most distinguished scholars, has passed away at the age of 95. His family confirmed that he died at a hospital in Kisumu.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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Britain returns archival data to Kenya
Over 2,500 archive files and 300,000 images from the British colonial period have been handed over to Kenya.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
👀 lots of folks QT'ing to say: women — submit your manuscripts! I think what has to come first is: universities, fix your gendered service and teaching inequities, and society, balance out your care work, so women *have time* to write the damn manuscripts. So many women colleagues are BURNT OUT.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Today is a wonderful day (if you haven't already) to indulge in the brilliance and wonder of our (@museumofbc.bsky.social) dear friend and colleague Anthony Maina and his contributions to Mau Mau Heritage: museumofbritishcolonialism.org/paper-trails...
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Paper Trails - Anthony Maina | MBC
What would MBC be without Anthony Maina? Over many years Anthony has acquired a wealth of knowledge about Mau Mau […]
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Charlotte Mertens @charlottemertens.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Historic judgement as the Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo
Court said five women were victims of ‘systematic kidnapping’ by state over forced removal from mothers as small children
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
"we start with rumours", "wait does she drive to work? We could slash her tires!" "If we need to I guess we could resort to collective violence" Ahhhh, my annual 'plan a revolution against me while I wait outside' is in full swing.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Margot tricking me into thinking I became an overnight success all by myself with all these new followers. Hi pals 👋🏼 historian of Africa, gender, humanitarianism, and conflict. Also a proud committee member of @museumofbc.bsky.social which you should ABSOLUTELY check out!
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Usual caveats apply go.bsky.app/Gaka15u
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thanks to all those who have engaged with my new article so far! It's great to see it out in the world.
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Beth Rebisz @brebisz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hi Bluesky 👋🏼 I hear it's much nicer here?
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